The UNLV Runnin’ Rebels will be without star Mike Moser until at least the end of the month but are getting some roster reinforcements in the meantime.

Point guard Daquan Cook, a 6-1 freshman from Baltimore who had been scheduled to redshirt this season, will make his college debut Thursday night against Division III school La Verne. And then on Monday at Texas-El Paso, transfer center Khem Birch will become eligible.

“We wouldn’t have made the decision to make (Cook) available if I didn’t have a plan to utilize him throughout the season,” UNLV coach Dave Rice told the Las Vegas Sun. “Every game will be different. It will be a feel thing based on matchups and other factors.”

Birch, a 6-9 sophomore who left Pitt last season after only 10 games, is expected to have an instant impact for the 20th-ranked Rebels. He scored 23 points, grabbed 21 rebounds and blocked nine shots in his two starts at Pitt.

Rice hopes to have Moser, who is out with an elbow injury, back for the Jan. 9 Mountain West opener at New Mexico. Moser averages 10.9 points and 8.3 rebounds, both averages dropped by the fact he played only five minutes in the Cal game before getting hurt.